April 1, 2015The new PPG Pittsburgh Paints brand has announced its exclusive paint-brand partnership with Independent We Stand, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the revival of independent, locally-owned and -operated businesses. The PPG Pittsburgh Paint…

April 1, 2015Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. has commenced a secondary offering of 35,000,000 common shares. The shares will be offered by certain affiliates of The Carlyle Group (the “selling shareholders”). The offering is being made pursuant to a regis…

April 1, 2015BYK Additives & Instruments is launching a new additive on the market: BYK-1640 is a polymer-based, VOC- and silicone-free defoamer for aqueous systems which is also suitable for some applications that come into direct contact with food.
Mineral…

April 1, 2015Toyo Ink (Middle East) FZE. and Toyo Ink Arets Middle East FZE., both wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Toyo Ink Group, have announced that they will jointly exhibit their latest offset inks, UV inks, packaging materials and can coatings at Gulf Print…

April 1, 2015Argex Titanium Inc., an emerging producer of high-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) used as white pigment in paint, plastic, paper, cosmetics and other applications, has announced the hiring of Serge Depatie in the role of VP Communication…

April 1, 2015Axalta Coating Systems and Penn State today jointly announced a partnership that will include an on-campus press event and special learning opportunities with Jeff Gordon and his team at Pocono Raceway. The program, designed to drive awareness and su…

April 1, 2015To mark Rio de Janeiro's 450th anniversary, AkzoNobel Decorative Paints has launched two new "Let's Colour" initiatives to bring color to the city's favelas.
In Santa Marta, one of the city's largest favelas, the company re…

March 31, 2015The new Ross Model HSM-100LH-3 Vacuum High Speed Disperser is designed for laboratory and pilot-scale mixing of batches up to 5 gallons. It can be supplied with a vacuum-rated mix vessel including a heating/cooling jacket and mixer cover with sight/c…

March 31, 2015BASF and Floatility have partnered for the development of an ultra-lightweight and solar-powered electric scooter. Weighing less than 12 kilograms and consisting of more than 80% composite and plastic materials from BASF, the scooter will give commut…

March 31, 2015Among the forty presenters, not including three breakfast keynoters and a panel including two NASA scientists, at the Eastern Coatings Show will be Stuart Lipskin of BYK USA, Inc. and Carl Cavalin of Hexion, Inc. The Show is at the Taj Mahal in…

March 31, 2015After nine regional and three central rounds of negotiation, BAVC and IG BCE have reached an accord in the wage dispute: remuneration for the 550,000 employees at the 1,900 plants of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries will rise 2.8 percent af…

March 31, 2015AkzoNobel has announced that it is exploring new ways of increasing business value by piloting a unique four dimensional approach.
The so-called 4D method looks at the whole value chain and is designed to measure both positive and negative environ…

March 31, 2015Mario Mehren, currently a member of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall responsible for Exploration & Production Russia, North Africa and South America, has been named President of BASF’s Oil & Gas division effective July 1,…

March 31, 2015Double Bond Chemical, a manufacturer of photoinitiators and oligomers recently increased its annual output in photoinitiator production, from 4,500 tons to 9,000 tons, and its annual output in oligomers production increased to 10,000 tons. DBC’…